Improved carriage and sleigh combined



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(duidt States @met @llibre JOHN S. DRAKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR -TOI HIMSELF AND WILLIAM H. BURTON, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent N 93,184, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVED CARRIAGE AND`SLEIG-I-I COMBINED.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. DRAKE, of New York Oity, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Combined Wagon and Sleigh; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the'art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming apart ot' thisspecitieation.

.lhis invention relates to improvements in sleighattachments for wagons, whereby it is designed to provide amore simple and eliicient arrangement ofthe same than any now in use.

llhe invention consists in so attaching a pair of bobrunnors to each axle, that by a simple movement of a hand-lever, they may be turned down to the ground, and the wheels drawn thereupon, or, by the reverse movement when the wagon is being backed up, the said runners may be raised up in front of the wheels, out of action, where they may be secured.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section ofa wagon, with our improved sleigh-attachment applied to it;

Figure 2 represents a side elevation; and

Figure 3 represents a front view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A pair of bobrunners, A, is v journalled to each axle by boxes B, from which the arms C, connecting with the said runners, radiate, the said boxes being placed-just inside ofthe wagon-wheels.

The rear ends of these runners are curved, to tit the periphery of the wheels of the wagon, as shown at E, and the runners are arranged in line with the wheels'.

' The runners of each pair are connected by shafts F, uniting the rear arms O, between the journal-boxes and therunners, and to the front shaft alever is connected, by a link, H.

rlhis lever rises up in front of the wagon, and is pivoted in a suitable bearing, I.

The shafts of the front and rear bobs are connected by a reach, K.

The lever G works to and fro in a slotted plate, L, on the platform, which plate is provided with a hinged locking-bar, M, which locks the said lever in two positions.

By means of this lever and the reach K, both pairs of bobs may be turned up or down on the axle, and theyvmay be locked in the' up or down position.

In tig. 1 the runners are represented 4as in the posi- -tion where they are supported when not required to be used by the lever G, which is locked behind the locking-bar M.

For adjusting the runners under the wheels, as shown in fig. v2, the locking-bar M is'raised,l and the lever moved forward, and the runners thereby let fall, so that the curved ends will swing under the wheels, just in advance thereof, so that the lbrwanl movement of the wagon will cause the wheels toroll upon the said curved ends, causing them to roll until the flat part of the runners rest upon the ground. These `iiat parts prevent the further rolling, and 'the vehicle is then moved on the runners. The locking-bar M is then turned do'wn behind the lever Gr, preventing the runners from being thrown up by a backward force on the vehicle.

For raising the said runners up, the lever is unlocked, and the vehicle backed, so as to causel the runners to roll up on the curved ends F, running them oil the said curved ends; then, by pulling the' lever back and loc-king it in that position, Vthe said runners will be raised, and secured in the said position.

These runners may beused as brakes, as well as for runners upon the snow.

Any other preferred locking-device for the lever may be employed, and a similar lever may be applied to the rear runners, it preferred.

Having thus described my invention,

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,ris i 1; The combination, with the axles and wheels of a vehicle., of the bob-runners A, whenjournalled pn the said arles, curved at the rear ends, and arranged relatively to the wheels, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the said bob'runners, of the lever G,'reacl1 K, and a locking-device for the .said lever, substantially as specified.

. JOHN S. DRAKE.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLocKLEr,

ALEX. F. RoBERTs. 

